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Anthony W. Ross Civil War Letter Regarding Traveling South

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[corresponds to page 1 of Ross Letters dated 1864 Feb 25]
2nd Letter
Nashville Feb 25th 1864
Dear Wife I seat my self to
drop you a few lines to let you
know that I am well and hope
this will find you the same we
left Seymour last Sunday just
at Dark and ran down to Jefferson
by 9 oclock But could not get our
Baggage across and we had to lay
in the waggons at the River untill
day light I did not sleep more than
an hour that night for we wore a
looking for the ferry Bote our every
moments and did not lay down
Before 5 oclock we got over next mor-
ning and onloded it at the Barrack.
Seven waggon laods so in the after
noon we had to load it up again
and take it to the Depot and on
laod it about 10 oclock at night we
had to go to work and load it in to

[corresponds to page 1 of Ross Letters dated 1864 Feb 25]
2nd Letter
Nashville Feb 25th 1864
Dear Wife I seat my self to
drop you a few lines to let you
know that I am well and hope
this will find you the same we
left Seymour last Sunday just
at Dark and ran down to Jefferson
by 9 oclock But could not get our
Baggage across and we had to lay
in the waggons at the River untill
day light I did not sleep more than
an hour that night for we wore a
looking for the ferry Bote our every
moments and did not lay down
Before 5 oclock we got over next mor-
ning and onloded it at the Barrack.
Seven waggon laods so in the after
noon we had to load it up again
and take it to the Depot and on
laod it about 10 oclock at night we
had to go to work and load it in to